US Patent Issued to Aqua Medical on March 3 for "Multi-dose duodenal ablation through an endoscope" (California, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,435, issued on March 3, was assigned to Aqua Medical Inc. (Santa Ana, Calif.).

"Multi-dose duodenal ablation through an endoscope" was invented by Virender K. Sharma (Paradise Valley, Ariz.), Lloyd Mencinger (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.) and Scott McGill (San Ramon, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ablation catheters and systems include flexible catheter tips with at least one positioning element and ports for delivery of an ablative agent to a target tissue. The positioning element is used to define a treatment zone and position the catheter proximate the target tissue for ablation. Ablative fluid is delivered to the target tis...